Richly illustrated throughout with textual analyses, this book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity,... Læs mere
An updated new edition that provides detailed descriptions of important text varieties in English along with methodological techniques to carry out analyses of them, including... Læs mere
While there have been other books that focus on special internet registers, no previous study describes the full range of everyday registers found on the searchable web, such... Læs mere
This book is about investigating the way people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to the study of... Læs mere
Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP, 1988), and adds for the first time a diachronic dimension.
Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP, 1988), and adds for the first time a diachronic dimension.